Knafelc

surname · Latin script

/næfəɫk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Knafelc is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Slovenia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • SISlovenia1 in 10K(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 3M
  • ARArgentina1 in 3.5M

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Slovenia (measured from records)

211 people

Sources
12 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 10.0K (inferred from the name graph)

Slovenia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Knafelc counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Knafelc is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SI Slovenia2111 in 10K211—2
US United States1101 in 3M110Knafelc4
AR Argentina131 in 3.5M13Knafelc12
BR Brazil———Knafelc9
PA Panama———Knafelc1
CO Colombia———Knafelc2

211 people counted by stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Knafelc is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Knafelç

23 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Alojz Knafelc, b. 1859Gary Knafelc, b. 1932Franc Knafelc, b. 1934Greg Knafelc, b. 1959

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Knafelc,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Knafelc
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SI Sloveniastat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank)—211#2,014
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010110#149,395
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—13—
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Knafelc?
A machine transcription gives /næfəɫk/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Knafelc have the most bearers?
In Slovenia, the national register counted about 211 people named Knafelc, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Knafelc most common?
Knafelc is densest in Slovenia, where the national register counts about 1 in 10.0 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Knafelc?
In Slovenia, the national register counted 211 people named Knafelc, about 1 in 10.0 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Knafelc”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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